Improvement in neck-tie fasteners



EDGAR SIDE.

Ilrprovevmehtirj Necktie FaSteners.

No. 120,000. I Pat'emed Npv. 7,1871.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR SIDE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIE FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,600, dated November7, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR SIDE, of the city of Brooklyn, Kings county,and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Device forFastening Neck-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and. eX- act description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, ref erence being had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specication.

This invention relates to a cheap and efficient device for fasteningneck-ties; and consists of pieces of steel or other metal suitablyshaped and secured together as to form jaws to open and shut so as toclose over the shirt-button or stud, thereby forming a neat, easy, andsecure fastening for all neck-ties, the jaws to be kept closed upon saidbutton or stud by means of a spring. This device is made to attach tothe neck-tie by means of hooks, thereby enabling the wearer to easilyadjust it to any neck-tie; or holes may be made in the plates by whichto sew them to the neck-tie, if desired.

In the accompanying drawing, A A are two jaws with holes in the inneredges to admit the shank of the button or stud, and are curved at thetop ends to prevent their entering the button-hole. B B are hooks bywhich to fasten the device to the neck-tie. C C are handles or levers,the use of which is to open the jaws when in the act of adjusting thefastener and neck-tie to the neck. D is a spring to keep the jawsclosed. The jaw A, the hooks B B, and the handle G are in one piece, andthe jaw A', handle C', and spring D are in another piece, the two piecesbeing jointed at E, so that when the handles are pressed together thejawswill open, and when released from such pressure the spring D,attached to the handle G and acting against the opposite handle (l,causes the jaws to close and thereby hold securely to the shank of thebutton or stud.

The manner of using my invention is as follows: Secure the neck-tie tothe fastener by forcing the hooks B B into the back or inner side of theneck-tie or by sewing the same to the fastener through the holes forsuch purpose provided. When this is done press the handles C C togetherin order to open the jaws A A', and

`while so held pass the top of the fastener upward until the shank ofthe button or stud comes between the jaws and opposite one or other ofthe holes in edges of the same, when, upon letting go'the handles, thejaws will close upon the shank of the button or stud and in this wayhold the neck-tie securely in a proper position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a neck-tie fastener, constructed asshown and described.

The vabove specification of my invention signed by me this Llth day ofMay, 1871.

EDGAR SIDE. Witnesses:

ALBERT C. HoYT, FREDK. ASHLEY. (38)

